Mr. Wild has been using T’ai Chi Yang Short Style by Cheng Man-Ch’ing for the last 20 years to relieve symptoms that doctors failed to diagnose.

In 2006 they finally discovered he had Parkinson’s disease. At first he was depressed, but when he realized 6 million people all over the world suffered from this incurable disease he contacted the local well renowned Washington University School of Medicine and convinced Dr Gammon Earhart to start a clinical study to prove T’ai Chi works for Parkinson’s Disease patients to improve in balance and mobility.

See his web site for the full PD study: www.angelsflyforacure.com

Mr. Wild will be going to Zagreg, Croatia, to hold T’ai Chi Workshops at the EPDA 7th euroYapmeet conference in October of 2008.

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Meeting in Kampala, Uganda, at the “First Global Forum on Human Resources for Health”, the six organisations, representing more than 25 million health professionals, say they understand the need to tackle the human resource crisis in health care, but express concern that adding new cadres of health workers might result in inefficient and confusing services affecting patient care.

The new principles call for country specific decisions on skill mix, competency based career frameworks and sufficient health professionals for supervision and training of new cadres of personnel.

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• Press Release [FR]

Brussels, 5 March 2008 – Guaranteeing full accessibility of disabled passengers to the transport system and overcoming the existing barriers in Europe remain a priority for the European disability movement, but also for the European Commissioner Jacques Barrot, as he expressed yesterday during a meeting with Yannis Vardakastanis, President of the European Disability Forum (EDF): “I can guarantee you my full commitment to advance access of disabled people the transport system’, said the Commissioner.

• News item on Times Online

This week the EBC has been discussing the impact of Parkinson's disease on health services within the European community as well as on patients and families. The extent to which the subtleties of the treatment of Parkinson's disease were understood by the medical profession, patients, media and public was also discussed.

The greater the knowledge of the effects of Parkinson's symptoms, the more likely they will be relieved. Patients need access to specialised nursing and medical services as well as a source of information such as the Parkinson's Disease Society and its European equivalent. Both can also keep the medical and nursing profession aware of the latest advances in the treatment of the disease, such as deep brain stimulation, stem cell therapy and advances in medication.

Tabtime Ltd (www.tabtime.com), have announced the development of 4 new products to assist people who are taking pills and tablets.

• Tabtime 8 (now in development) has 8 daily alarms, 8 tablet compartments choice of Hi/Lo volumes, a magnetic catch for easy opening.
• Tabtime 4, is a super slim pill pocket case with 4 daily alarms and 4 tablet compartments.
• Tabtime Medminder is a weekly reminder with 7 daily tablet trays, 4 compartments per day and 4 daily alarms. Medminder is magnetic so can be attached to the fridge etc and can be refilled once a week
  
  All reminders are ‘Set it & Forget it’ devices which will remember your settings so you don’t have to re-set them every day
• Tabtime All Shapes tablet cutter, the first tablet cutter to cut any shape of pill - tablet or capsule

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700,000 people in the UK have been diagnosed with dementia; two thirds live at home, many relying on a close family member for their care.

As these numbers are set to increase dramatically due to the ageing population it is now more crucial than ever for health and social care staff to have a better understanding of the palliative care needs of dementia patients.

Our findings show that the organisation and provision of palliative and end of life care for people with dementia is fragmented and variable. For many their simple physical needs remain unmet, let alone their social, psychological and spiritual needs.

For more details about the Compendium on Dementia launched today, please visit www.ncpc.org.uk